Yaxley

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).

OriginOld English ġēac →
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Meanings

proper nounYaxley (countable and uncountable, plural Yaxleys)

plural Yaxleys

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1273).
  3. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishġēac“cuckoo”
  2. EnglishYaxley

From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”) + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

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Yaxley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yaxley

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Chicago

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